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They speak vain words, [a]swearing falsely in making covenants: therefore judgment [b]springeth up as [c]hemlock in the furrows of the field. The inhabitants of Samaria shall be in terror for the calves of Beth-aven; for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and [d]the priests thereof that rejoiced over it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it. It also shall be carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.

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  1. Hosea 10:4 Or, they swear falsely, they make covenants
  2. Hosea 10:4 Or, shall spring up
  3. Hosea 10:4 Hebrew rosh. See Dt. 29:18.
  4. Hosea 10:5 Hebrew Chemarim. See 2 Kin. 23:5.